Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This reference center with 7,332 posts is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

US Major General Frederic Davison, January 06, 1991
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Frederic Ellis Davison (1917-1999)
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Everette “E” Lynn Harris (1955-2009)
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Langston University (1898- )
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Isaac Jefferson (1775-1853)

Explore Global African History

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Laura Élodie Flessel-Colovic (1971- )
Sandy Cane, Viggiu, Italy, June 10, 2009
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Sandy Cane (1961- )
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(1963) Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, “Chancellor’s Address at the University of Ibadan”
Mariam Mengistu
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Mengistu Haile Mariam (1937- )

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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What Comes Naturally: The Loving v. Virginia Case in Historical Perspective
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Fort Worth, Texas, Where the West and the South Meet: A Brief History of the City’s African American Community, 1849-2012
Three Harlem women, photo by James Van Der Zee
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The Passing of Passing: A Peculiarly American Racial Tradition Approaches Irrelevance
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The Black Diaspora in Israel, 1965 to 2011

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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